Data from 2023 shows there were six fatal airliner crashes in 2023 making it the safest year in commercial aviation in a decade. The number of crashes and passenger fatalities was almost half that of the previous year with 115 passenger deaths compared to 229 in 2022 according to data [read more]
A video posted on social media appears to show the final moments of a Yeti Airlines flight which crashed near Pokhara, Nepal. The flight was operating from Kathmandu and of the 72 people on board the aircraft, at least 68 have been confirmed dead. The aircraft involved was a 15-year-old [read more]
Airbus UpNext has begun testing next-level pilot assistant technology on an Airbus A350-1000 aircraft. The wholly-owned Airbus subsidiary is testing a system known as Dragonfly which includes the ability to autonomously divert the aircraft in flight with automatic landing and taxi ability. Airbus says that the technologies were able to [read more]
Video has emerged of one of the main wheels on the Boeing 747 Dreamlifer coming off shortly after take off from Taranto-Grottaglie Airport in Italy. In the video, one of the wheels separates from the undercarriage and falls to the ground bouncing off the runway, The crew were informed of [read more]
A minor incident involving two aircraft occurred this evening at London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) when a Korean Air Boeing 777-300 clipped the tail of an Icelandair Boeing 757 whilst taxiing. It is understood that the Korean air flight, operating KE908, clipped the 757 with its wing. A spokesperson for Heathrow airport [read more]
A Boeing 737 freighter being operated for cargo specialist West Atlantic has overrun the runway at Montpellier Airport ending up in the Étang de l’Or. A lake between the airport and the Mediterranean. The incident happened around 3 am local time on Saturday morning as the aircraft, A Boeing 737-400SF [read more]
A private jet flying from Jerez in Spain to Cologne, Germany has crashed in the Baltic sea after becoming unresponsive causing NATO jets to be scrambled. The Cessna Citation II (551), registered OE-FGR, left Jerez airport at 14:56 local time on a flight that should have taken about three hours. [read more]
A light aircraft has crashed into a block of flats near Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire today with witnesses describing the pilot as having “bailed out” shortly before the crash. Thames Valley Police confirmed the incident occurred around 12:00hrs and that the pilot had been taken to hospital but did not [read more]
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has designated 20th February as the International Day commemorating air crash victims and their families. ICAO, a United Nations Agency, has been at the forefront of aviation safety and the development of air transport into the safe system it is today but much of [read more]
It goes without saying that keeping aviation and passengers safe is the top priority of the industry. All decisions and authorizations, from new aircraft designs and airport procedures to individual flight plan approvals, are made with this in mind. Aviation safety and security is integral to everything that happens in [read more]
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